People are in Zhenguan, solving crimes scientifically

Chapter 147 Weird footprints, unusual clues!
  Brush it!
  As Lin Feng finished speaking.

Everyone present was stunned for an instant.

Their eyes were wide open, and before their sad expressions could dissipate, confusion and surprise appeared on their faces.

Even the calm Master Jingci, even the hot-tempered Master Jinglan, and even the scheming Huizhi were completely stunned.

In fact, the information contained in Lin Feng's words was too explosive.

It directly overturned the cognition of all of them!
  What did Lin Feng say?
  He asked Fayun, why did she admit that she was the murderer when it was clear that she was not the real murderer?

Doesn't this mean that Fayun is not the murderer at all!
  Their sadness just now, their unbelievable sadness just now, were they all wrong?

"Fayun, the real murderer is really not you?"

Jingci couldn't help but look at her beloved disciple and said, "If it wasn't you, why would you admit it? Don't you know that this is a life-threatening matter!?"

When the others heard this, they all looked at Fayun closely.

They didn't understand what Fayun was doing.

Fayun, who was being watched by everyone, lowered his head at this time.

Those small white hands were tightly grasping the corners of the clothes, and the blood vessels on the back of the hands were very obvious because of the force.

She pursed her lips tightly, just shook her head and said, "The nun doesn't understand what Lin Sizheng means. The murderer is the nun. Why does Lin Sizheng say that he is not a nun?"

Listening to Fayun's words, Jingci couldn't help but frown.

Lin Feng said that Fa Yun was not the murderer.

But Fayun insisted that he was the murderer.

At this moment, everyone was completely confused.

Even Puguangsi and others who were eating melons found that they couldn't even understand the show.

Murder is not a glorious thing, and the identity of the murderer may cost his life, so in the eyes of everyone, Fayun has no need to lie.

But Lin Feng's image of being a god in solving cases was deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, and they also had great trust in Lin Feng.

This resulted in a fierce collision of two extremely contradictory ideas, making them completely unable to understand the situation in front of them.

Lin Feng listened to Fayun's words, his eyes slightly darkened, and he said calmly: "None of your answers to the three questions just now were perfect, they were all full of obvious loopholes. How can you make this officer believe that you are the murderer? "

"What?" Fayun was startled.

Everyone was stunned.

Are there any flaws in Fayun's answers?

Why didn't they hear it?

Xiao Man'er's bright eyes flashed slightly. After hearing Lin Feng's words and recalling Fayun's answer, her water-cut eyes widened slightly, as if she understood something.

This made her eyes suddenly light up, and she looked at Lin Feng with excitement.

"first question!"

Lin Feng looked at the gentle Fayun and said, "I asked you how you lured Huiyun to the back mountain to commit murder. Your answer was a threat."

Fayun frowned slightly: "Is the threat unreasonable?"

Lin Feng laughed: "Whether it is reasonable or not depends on the specific situation."

"I have already told you about Huiyun's autopsy results."

"The murderer put a rope directly behind Huiyun, then when Huiyun was not paying attention, he strangled Huiyun with force, dragged him backwards, and finally strangled Huiyun to death."

"What does this mean?"

Fayun looked confused and shook his head subconsciously.

Lin Feng said: "Since the murderer can attack behind Huiyun, it means that Huiyun is not too defensive against the murderer. Otherwise, late at night, in the deserted woods... Huiyun will never take him. Turn your back to others and never let others disappear from your sight."

"But as you said, you said you threatened Huiyun and called Huiyun to the back mountain... If it was a threat, then Huiyun would never have any trust in you, so how could she feel relieved? Will he turn his back to you?"

Fayun's expression changed slightly after listening to Lin Feng's words.

She subconsciously tensed her body and pursed her lips, not knowing how to refute Lin Feng.

Lin Feng saw this and continued: "Second question, I want to ask you how you got Huiyun to the roof."

"You said you used a rope and it took a lot of effort."

Fayun said: "This is no problem, right?"

Lin Feng looked at the small ball of Fa Yun and said calmly: "How strong a person is can be judged based on his physique and muscles."

"It's not that I underestimate you, it's your physique and thin body that make it hard for me to believe how strong you are."

"And to be honest, just relying on the rope will not save any effort at all. Even if you simply pull the rope on the roof, it will be more laborious."

Lin Feng looked Fayun up and down and said: "Your arms are slender, and there is not a single callus on your hands. It seems that you don't even do heavy work, so how can you make me believe that you can do these things?"

"Of course, you could say you're stronger than you look, and that's easy to verify..."

Lin Feng looked at the other nuns, and finally his eyes fell on Huiyuan, and said: "Master Huiyuan and Master Huiyun are about the same size, and their weight should be similar. If you can pull Master Huiyuan to the roof with a rope, then I will admit that I made a mistake and apologize to you...but, can you do it?"

Huiyuan didn't expect that he would have a role of his own.

She hurriedly said: "The poor nun is a little lighter than Huiyun."

Lin Feng smiled and said: "The light part will be treated as a gift. Fayun... do you want to give it a try?"

Fayun Yinya bit his lower lip, his face turned slightly pale, and he remained silent without answering.

At this time, silence can already prove a lot of things.

Jingci sighed and looked at Fayun with an expression of disappointment, but more of happiness.

Compared with Fayun's lies, it is obvious that she hopes that Fayun is not the real murderer and that Fayun can be safe.

"last question."

Lin Feng looked at the silent Fayun and continued: "I asked you where the Jinyun cassock is... You are smart. You don't know where the Jinyun cassock is, so you can't give the correct answer at all. And you You also know that if you tell nonsense, it will be easy for others to see through your lies."

"Therefore, you gave an answer of 'I don't want to say', and you even gave a reason, saying that you hope that Jinyun Kasaya will stay at Banyue Temple forever."

Fayun couldn't help but said: "Is there a problem with this? They want to steal Jinyun's cassock and frame me in Banyue Nunnery, so the poor nun must treat them in their own way and leave the cassock in Banyue Nunnery to let them It’s always true that you lose the rice by stealing the chicken, right?”

The other little nuns couldn't help but nod when they heard this.

They all thought this was reasonable and found it very offensive.

Lin Feng smiled and said, "Indeed, it is very refreshing if you do this."

"If it is other Buddhist treasures, it is understandable and reasonable for you to do so."

"But only the Jinyun cassock...can't do it!"

Lin Feng said with a half-smile but not a smile: "Unless you want dozens of people from the entire Banyue Nunnery to be buried with you!"

Fayun was stunned for a moment, but the next moment, she seemed to have thought of something, and her face suddenly turned pale.

Lin Feng looked at her and said, "Just now you were unprepared and thought of reasons at the last minute, so you didn't think carefully enough, but now it seems you should have understood."

"The Jinyun cassock is not only a Buddhist treasure, but also a blessing item prepared by His Majesty for the Crown Prince. If the Jinyun cassock is really lost in Banyue Nunnery, it will delay His Majesty's prayers for the Crown Prince and delay His Royal Highness's condition... "

"Once His Majesty becomes angry, do you think Banyue Temple can still exist?"

Fayun listened to Lin Feng's words, subconsciously holding his hands tightly, and his whole body was shaking slightly uncontrollably.

Lin Feng said: "From the attitude of Master Jingci and others towards you, it can be seen that you are very popular in Banyue'an, so I feel that you will not want Banyue'an to be buried with you. In that case, how can you Maybe hide the Jinyun cassock?"

Fayun lowered his head deeply, pursed his lips, and did not say another word.

Lin Feng analyzed and reasoned all three of her answers.

And she couldn't refute any of them.

At this moment, there was no need for Fayun to say anything else. Everyone already understood that Fayun was indeed not the real murderer!

She took the initiative to plead guilty and had another hidden secret.

"Fayun!"

Jingci looked at her disciple, frowned, and said, "Why on earth do you still want to plead guilty? Why haven't you said anything until now?"

When Fayun heard this, she couldn't stop crying. She shook her head and said, "Master, this disciple is unfilial... Master, don't ask anymore."

"you……"

Jingci saw that the usually sensible disciple was extremely stubborn, angry, angry and puzzled.

She couldn't help but look at Lin Feng and said, "Lin Sizheng, what on earth is going on?"

Lin Feng looked at Fayun, who was bowing his head and weeping silently, and said slowly: "Under normal circumstances, there are probably two reasons for a person to admit a crime she did not commit."

"Which two kinds?" Jingci asked hurriedly.

Others also looked at Lin Feng nervously and curiously.

Lin Feng said: "The first one...she has been coerced. If she doesn't admit it and doesn't take the blame for others, then she will suffer an unacceptable blow."

"For example, someone threatens her with the lives of her family, or someone threatens her with the lives and future of the people she cares about most. As long as she has people or things she cares about, there is a possibility of being threatened."

Jingci frowned: "Fayun is an orphan. She was raised by a poor nun and a junior sister. She has no family... but there are many people she cares about. She has a good personality and is kind-hearted. She takes good care of all the junior sisters. , some of the younger disciples were brought up by her, so if the real murderer threatens her with these people, given her character, I'm afraid she will really come forward without hesitation."

Lin Feng stared at Fayun closely, taking in all the subtle movements of Fayun, and continued: "There is a second situation."

"And this officer has encountered this situation before in a case."

"What?" Jingci asked hurriedly.

Lin Feng took a deep breath and said: "No one threatened her, she deliberately took the blame!"

Jingci was startled: "You were not threatened and you deliberately took the blame?"

"How is this possible!" Huizhi said directly: "Is she a fool? She took the initiative to admit murder on her behalf without any benefits or threats?"

Huiyuan couldn't believe it and said, "Isn't this completely unreasonable? Who would do such a stupid thing?"

"madness?"

Lin Feng listened to their words and said calmly: "I prefer to call it the warmth of human kindness."

The warmth of human kindness?
  Everyone was stunned.

Xiao Maner looked at Lin Feng in confusion.

Then Lin Feng said: "I once encountered a case. In this case, there was a father. He learned that his son had killed someone without any preparation. Then, the father immediately made a decision. He made the decision... He voluntarily admitted the crime of murder and took all the blame for his son."

Listening to Lin Feng's words, Xiao Man'er's eyes suddenly lit up and she said, "Are you talking about Zhao Deshun?"

Zhao Deshun?
  Everyone was stunned for a moment, but soon they remembered the situation of the Zhao Deshun case.

As one of Lin Feng's most famous cases, Mr. Storyteller likes to write about the case most, and all the nuns have heard of it to some extent.

Lin Feng nodded slightly to Xiao Man'er and said with a smile: "Man'er and I really have the best understanding."

He said: "Yes, it's Zhao Deshun! The reason why Zhao Deshun confessed to the crime of murder on behalf of his son is because of his deep love for his son, which is the most respectable father's love."

"Like Zhao Deshun, when a person's feelings transcend one's own life and death, and when the weight of others in one's heart is heavier than one's own life, what does a substitute death mean?"

"And this is the second possibility! If Fayun is like Zhao Deshun, valuing feelings and despising himself, then it is not incomprehensible for her to take the blame for the murderer when she knows who it is."

When Huizhi and Huiyuan heard this, they were stunned.

They couldn't help but look at Fayun, their faces full of disbelief.

It seems impossible to believe that such stupid people really exist in this world.

But the way Jingci looked at Fayun was full of complexity. She knew her eldest disciple too well.

She is very clear about Fayun's kindness and his emphasis on emotion.

So she felt that if Fayun really knew who the murderer was, in order to protect the murderer, Fayun might really do something to take the blame.

She looked at Fayun and said: "Fayun, now everyone knows that you are innocent, so why do you continue to hide it? You can at least tell us what is the reason that made you take the blame for her?"

Fayun listened to Jingci's words and was silent for a while, but finally shook his head in silence.

When Jingci saw this, she was angry and anxious.

"Master, it's better not to force Fayun."

At this time, Lin Feng's voice suddenly sounded. Jingci couldn't help but look at Lin Feng and heard Lin Feng say: "In case she is coerced by someone, once she speaks out, something may happen that she cannot accept. In this case, we should respect her choice. .”

"Not to mention that even if she says it, I still have to look for evidence and clues. If there is not enough evidence and clues, her words will still be in vain."

"So, in the end, the case still needs to be investigated...Since the result is the same, it doesn't make much difference whether she says it or not."

Jingci listened to Lin Feng's words, thought about it, and finally let out a sigh of relief and said: "Lin Si Zheng, the disciple of the poor nun has caused you trouble."

Lin Feng smiled and shook his head: "It's not too much trouble, and she also gave me some tips..."

"Hint?" Everyone was stunned.

In addition to taking the blame for others and almost misleading Lin Feng in the investigation, Fayun had any other tips?
  Why don't they know?

Lin Feng had no idea of ​​​​explaining. She looked at Master Jingci and said: "Master, let's continue to have people search for shoes. Since Fayun washed all his shoes in order to take the blame, it means that the real murderer is There is a high probability that the shoes have also been washed.”

"If the real murderer coerced her, then she must have washed her shoes at the request of the real murderer. This means that the real murderer has discovered the problem with her shoes and has definitely dealt with it."

"If she took the initiative to take the blame for the real murderer, it means that she must have discovered that the real murderer washed the shoes, otherwise she would not have washed the shoes for no reason..."

Upon hearing this, Master Jingci nodded immediately and said, "What Lin Si is saying is reasonable. The poor nun will personally lead people to investigate this matter..."

Lin Feng thought for a while, nodded and said, "That's fine."

"But the master also left two people for me. I want to take a look at the back mountain to see if I can find the crime scene. If I can find the scene, I may be able to find more clues."

Master Jingci nodded quickly: "The poor nun asked junior sister and Fa Yuan to accompany me. Junior sister knows the affairs of the nunnery best. If Lin Temple has any questions, you can ask junior sister directly."

Jinglan directly clasped her hands to Lin Feng and said: "Lin Si is in charge, the poor nun will take you to the back mountain."

Lin Feng smiled and nodded: "Thank you, Mrs. Jinglan."

Without further delay, everyone immediately divided into two groups.

Master Jingci led a large force to search everyone's rooms.

Lin Feng, led by Jing Lan, and Fa Yuan and Xiao Man'er walked to the back mountain.

As he walked, Fa Yuan looked at Lin Feng curiously and said, "Lin Si is thinking that Senior Sister is scapegoating the real murderer. What is the reason?"

When Jinglan and Xiao Maner heard this, their eyes fell on Lin Feng.

But Lin Feng shook his head. He knew that Fa Yuan was Xiao Man'er's third sister, so he was very kind to Fa Yuan. He smiled and said, "I don't dare to say anything without enough evidence."

"The most taboo thing in investigating a case is subjective assumptions. Once you have subjective ideas, it is easy to be biased during the investigation. If the direction is correct, it is fine, but if it is wrong, it will be the opposite direction and farther and farther away from the truth."

Fa Yuan heard this and said with emotion: "Lin Si is still cautious. If he were a poor nun, he would have been unable to help but speculate."

Lin Feng smiled: "When people face unknown things, they can't help but look for a reasonable reason that they can accept. This is human nature."

"Kelin Temple can resist this kind of human nature, which is even more rare." Fa Yuan said.

When Lin Feng heard this, he couldn't help but glance at Xiao Man'er.

How can this Dharma wish to praise oneself in a different way?
  Is it for Xiao Man'er's sake?

Could it be that his third sister-in-law was very satisfied with him and had already agreed to their marriage?
  Xiao Man'er seemed to feel Lin Feng's gaze at this moment. She raised her head and met Lin Feng's eyes.

Then he smiled gently at Lin Feng.

When Lin Feng saw this, he immediately felt reassured.

He felt as if the major issues in his life were really about to be resolved.

At this time, Jinglan's voice suddenly sounded: "We are here."

When Lin Feng heard this, he looked up and saw that they had left the building area of ​​Banyue Temple, and there was a forest in front of them.

The trees are overgrown, the weeds are withered, and at a glance, there is no mountain road at all.

Jinglan said: "We rarely set foot in the back mountain area, so there is no road here. If you want to go up the mountain, you can only open a road yourself."

Lin Feng nodded slightly.

He walked into the forest and immediately stepped on the ground with his shoes.

Looking at the situation under his feet, Lin Feng frowned slightly and said, "The ground in this mountain forest is very hard and dry, not moist and soft... This is inconsistent with Master Huiyun's situation."

Jinglan thought for a while and explained: "The mountains are prone to drought. In addition, the last rain was not heavy and it only lasted a few days, so it is normal for the soil to dry out."

It's normal for the soil to be dry, but Huiyun's situation seems abnormal...

Lin Feng pondered for a moment and said, "We have walked all the way. The ground of Banyue Temple is paved with stones, so there is no way for it to be contaminated by mud."

"The mud that came out of Master Huiyun's body should have been collected on the back mountain, but the ground on the back mountain is very dry and hard..."

His eyes flashed and he suddenly said: "Master Jinglan, I wonder if there is a river or stream in the back mountain?"

Jinglan shook her head: "No, this mountain is relatively steep and the river cannot flow in at all."

"No?"

Lin Feng couldn't help but frown... The ground was dry and hard, and there was no river water, so where else would it be wet?

"Although there are no rivers or streams..." But at this moment, Fa Yuan suddenly said: "But there are springs in the mountains. I know there is a spring where spring water will seep out."

"spring?"

When Lin Feng heard this, his eyes suddenly lit up and he said, "Where is it?"

Fa Yuan said: "It's not far from here. I will take you there."

As he spoke, Fa Yuan walked up the mountain.

Because there was no road, Fa Yuan had to find a way to crush the withered grass while walking, which was very hard.

Lin Feng saw this and walked directly in front of Fa Yuan. He said, "You show the way, and I am responsible for opening the way."

As he spoke, he picked up the dagger and cut off the dead grass blocking the road.

With Lin Feng leading the way, Fa Yuan's pressure suddenly decreased. She glanced at Lin Feng who was blocking the road in front of her, then raised her green fingers and said, "Turn left ahead."

"it is good!"

With Lin Feng opening the way, everyone's speed increased significantly.

After walking for a quarter of an hour, he stopped.

Fa Yuan said: "Just in front, where the grass is still green, there is a small spring."

Lin Feng saw where Fa Yuan was pointing at a glance and walked over quickly.

As he got closer, Lin Feng clearly felt that the soil here had begun to soften and the surrounding grass had withered, but the grass in front of him was still green.

He pushed aside the grass and saw a hole of about three inches, with water flowing out continuously.

And the water is exuding white air.

Lin Feng knelt down and put his hand into the spring water, and found that the water was still warm.

This is surprisingly a hot spring.

"No wonder the grass here is still green. The hot springs can ensure the surrounding temperature. If nothing else, the grass here will still remain green even in the cold winter."

When Fa Yuan heard Lin Feng's words, a flash of surprise flashed in his eyes, and he said: "Lin Si Zhenguo is really powerful, you can guess this... Yes, even in winter, the grass here is green. Even in winter, the poor nuns, I passed by here by chance and found that the grass here was green, and then I knew there was a spring here."

Jinglan looked at the gurgling spring water with a look of surprise on her face: "The poor nun has no idea there is a spring here."

Fa Yuan said: "Uncle Master never comes to the back mountain once a year, and there is no road on the mountain. Even if he comes to the back mountain, he may not go here. It's normal not to know."

Jinglan nodded. She looked at Lin Feng and said, "Lin Si Zheng, is this the place where the murderer killed Hui Yun?"

After hearing Jinglan's question, Fa Yuan and Xiao Man'er hurriedly looked at Lin Feng.

Then he saw Lin Feng pushing aside the surrounding grass bit by bit and looking down below the grass.

At this time, Lin Feng's eyes suddenly flashed, and he said: "Look! There are traces here!"

When everyone heard this, they walked over quickly.

Then they discovered that there were some footprints on the ground in front of Lin Feng, as well as a very obvious drag mark.

A foot-long trace was directly pulled out of the wet ground, starting not far from the spring and ending in front of a poplar tree a foot away.

"This is really the first scene where Huiyun was killed!" Jinglan said with a happy face: "We finally found the crime scene."

Fa Yuan and Xiao Man'er also showed excitement.

Being able to find the crime scene meant that there was nothing wrong with Lin Feng's previous inferences, and if Lin Feng could find other clues, he might be able to find out the identity of the real murderer directly.

They looked at Lin Feng expectantly.

At this time, they found Lin Feng squatting next to the drag marks, carefully examining the drag marks.

"The drag marks are about an inch deep, and there are obvious kick marks on both sides. This shows that when the murderer tied Master Huiyun's neck and dragged her backwards, Master Huiyun was still alive and was struggling hard. Trying to break free.”

As he spoke, Lin Feng followed the dragging traces to the end. He leaned against the poplar tree with his back, looking at the dragging traces, and said: "Even at the end, there are still kicking marks on both sides... Master Huiyun has arrived. Even here, he is still alive.”

At this point, Lin Feng frowned: "Then when did she die? And where did she die?"

Lin Feng carefully inspected the drag marks: "When we reached the end, the drag marks were the same as in other places, and there were no significantly more signs of struggle and kicking. This means that after arriving here... either Master Huiyun was strangled to death, or... …The murderer used other methods.”

As he thought, he looked in other directions on the ground.

There are no obvious traces in other directions, and the drag traces only end here.

Lin Feng narrowed his eyes. He suddenly raised his head and looked at the poplar tree behind him.

At this time, Lin Feng's eyes flashed. He stretched his fingertips to a part of the bark of the tree trunk, lightly rubbed it on it, then retracted his fingers and looked at the fingertips.

"This is?"

Lin Feng narrowed his eyes, and a glimmer of light flashed in his eyes.

He gently twisted it with his fingertips, then put his fingertips under his nose and smelled it.

"So that's how it is..."

The corners of Lin Feng's mouth raised slightly.

Then he raised his head and glanced at the tree trunk above. After thinking about it, Lin Feng climbed directly to the tree and came to a thick branch.

He looked at the branches in front of him, his eyes flashed, and he said: "Sure enough..."

When Jinglan and the others saw Lin Feng's strange behavior, their faces couldn't help but be filled with curiosity. Jinglan said, "Lin Si Zheng, did you find anything?"

Lin Feng jumped down from the tree and said, "I already know how Master Huiyun was killed by the murderer."

"But the murderer's situation is a bit strange."

"Strange?" Jinglan was startled: "Why is it strange?"

Lin Feng shook his head and came to the footprints near the spring.

Looking at these chaotic footprints, Lin Feng thought for a while and took out Huiyun's shoes.

She pointed her shoes at the footprints, found Huiyun's footprints one by one, and marked them.

After doing this, the remaining footprints of the real murderer will be obvious.

Lin Feng came to a footprint, looked at the very obvious footprints, and placed his fingers on it to compare.

Said: "The footprints are seven inches long and two and a half inches wide. The step length is about [-] inches and the step width is about three inches. The toe and heel marks are deep, the rising and landing feet are strong, and there are obvious stepping and pedaling marks..."

At this point, he suddenly paused and said, "That's not right."

Seeing Lin Feng's strange expression, Xiao Man'er couldn't help but said, "What's wrong?"

"These footprints are wrong!"

Lin Feng frowned slightly and said, "That's so wrong, it shouldn't be here!"

"Shouldn't it be?"

Xiao Maner was startled.

Jinglan and Fayuan also looked at each other.

They didn't understand what Lin Feng meant at all.

It was clear that the real murderer was Hui Yun who was killed here, but why did Lin Feng say that the footprints should not appear here.

What exactly did Lin Feng discover?
  (End of this chapter)